We have had some visitors from The Netherlands this week. Here are Eva and Liza with Masdevallia picea. This Masdevallia species has a rather unpleasant smell likened to vomit. Of course at school species with unpleasent smalls are rather popular and great for introducing to visitors. The plant’s common name is the pitch black Masdevallia which […]

Hi Tallis here, Today I sowed our Gongora furfuracea dry seed pod. Before sowing the seed I had a look under the microscope to check there were healthy embryos inside the dry seed cases. As you can see we had about a 80% health rate which should bode well for our germination results later on.

This fragrant orchid is found in Columbia usually at around 1000m and the most consistent sent identification we have had is adhesive tape. This genus has a pendulous flower spike that hangs down which means we have to hang them up when the flower spike appears. There is very little research and information on this orchid […]

Gongora dressleri     Gongora grossa. They both smell fantastic!

Our dendrobium is blooming. Native to southern China, the eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Bhutan. Isn’t it sweet.